The new volume ‘Do Angels Need Haircuts?’ brings to life a historic 1971 poetry reading, recorded and recently rediscovered in the late musician’s archives
Donald Trump might Make Punk Great Again, but in America, it was traumatized, and defiant, Jews who made it
Citing the track’s ‘dangerous rhetoric,’ a group of Canadian college students—who believe the song ‘minimizes the experiences of oppression’—have it all wrong: Lou Reed was a vanguard for gender identity.
The legendary rocker left behind a massive estate when he died in 2013
City Winery’s popular annual Downtown Seder heads to the West Coast
If there are moral victories to be had, a vote for Lou Reed is one of them
From her new perch in Los Angeles, the Tattler realizes—and mourns—what she lost when she left Lou Reed’s New York
Lou Reed’s impact carries from art to politics
An encounter with legendary rock star Lou Reed, who died this weekend at 71
The Brooklyn-born punk star, writer, and poet altered the New York cultural landscape
Or at least kept Lou Reed from punching me at a dinner party
Plus Alicia Keys confirms Israeli concert, Lou Reed recovering, and more
The rock star’s new tribute to his teacher, the writer Delmore Schwartz, illuminates their common genius
Plus Jew-school advances to championship, the AIPAC Three, and more
How a Jew, a WASP, and a Catholic found the perfect religious balance and made the Velvet Underground one of the greatest rock bands in history
Delmore Schwartz, once one of America’s most celebrated writers, died mad and forgotten, having produced little in his later life. His story remains a compelling cautionary tale for American Jews.
On the late Lou Reed’s 69th birthday, Elizabeth Wurtzel explained that contrary to the assertions of Philip Roth and others, the problem with Jewish male artists is not that they are too nice
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